Improved snap-hook



Umm@ Ster-ES OYRUS XV. SALADEE,

OF NEVARK, OHIO;

IMPROVED SNAP-HOOK.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,100, dated June 6,1865.

fo all whom t may concern s Be it known that I, CYRUs W. SALADEE, ofNewark, in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Snap-Hooks or Spring-Snaps for Bridles, Harness, dre.;and'I do hereby declare t-hat the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and tothe letters of reference thereon marked.

The nature or" my invention principally consists in constructing snap-hooks7 or spring-snaps upon the principle of my snap-buckle, describedin my patent of May 2, 1865; also, in combining a snap-hook with abuckle so constructed as to be capable of having one end of a strapsecured to a bar under the buckle-tongue.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a single snap-hook in which thebuckle-shaped guard presses down upon the hook, and is provided with aguard-spur. Fig. 2 shows a single snapfhook in which the buckleshapedguard presses up under the point of the hook and dispenses with theguard-spur. Fig. 3 shows my improved single snap-hook in combinationwith a buckle formed` at the rear end, the buckle being so constructedas to have an independent cross-bar under. the tongue for the attachmentof the end of a strap.

In Fig. 1, A represents the hook7 7 provided with a loop, a, for thefastening of a strap, and at the other end with a hook, b, which is tohook into the ring of a bit, stand-post, Src.

B is the buckle-shaped guard, having its back bar, c, provided with ashort stud, d, extending to t-he rea-r. This bar makes about a third ofa revolution in a suitable groove in the under side of the hook A, sothat when the guard B is turned up the hook b can be disengaged from thering to which it has been snapped e is a spur projecting downward fromthe front bar of the guard B, and presses vertically upon the body ofhook A, immediately under the eXtreme point of the hook b, so as toeffectually preclude the disengagement of the snap until the guard andspur should be raised up.

C is a flat spring, riveted to the under side of the hook A, andpressing doivn upon the back bar, c, and its stud cl,so as to keep downin place the front end of the guard and its spur. It will be noticedthat the front lof the spring C is slightly turned up at o. The objectof this is to prevent the guard from being turned back in opening thesnap beyond a vertical position.

In Fig. 2 is shown my improved single snap-hook constructed upon thesame principle with that shown in Fig. 1, with the eX- ception that theguard dispenses with the spur e, and is pressed up under the point ofthe hook b, instead of over it.

In this mode of construction the buckleshaped guard D has a stud, f, onits back bar, c, extending toward the front or hook end, instead oftoward the rear, so the tendency of the spring C is to force the guard Dup against the under side of the point of the hook, so as to prevent thedisengagement of the ring from the snap without the guard is rst presseddown by the thumb. In this mode there is no curve o at the end of thespring.

Fig. 3 represents a single snap-hook constructed like that shown in Fig.1, but made in combination with a buckle, H, which is provided with anextra crossbar, I, under the tongue of the buckle for the attachment ofa strap.

The advantage of the snap-hooks shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are their easeand security of operation and their capability of orna mentalconstruction.

It is sometimes desirable to have a snap attached to a strap tha-t is tobe used of variable lengths. This advantage is gained by the combinedsnap and buckle shown in Fig. 5. The strap (red lines) has one endsecured to the `extra cross-bar I. The other end of the strap is freeand can be taken up and held, as desired, by the buckle H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 'is- 1. The buckle-shaped guard B, (with orwithout the spur 6,) in combination with a hook, b, substantially asdescribed,and for the purposes specified.

2. The buckle-shaped guard D, iu eomb- I Iutestimouy that I claim theabove Ihereto nation with a hook, b, substantially as dei subscribe myname. scribed, and for the purposes specified.

3. The hook o ou the end of the spring C, CYRUS V. SALADEE.

for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a snap-hook, A B, Vituesses:

with abuekle, H,Whe11 the buckle is provided E. A. SALADEE, with anextra bar, I, for the attachment of a R. T. BLAND. strap:

